In the wake of media coverage over shockingly poor Customer Experiences, such as the recent dragging of a passenger off an overbooked United Airlines flight, we have to ask ourselves: How does an organization get to the point where processes in practice are working against them? In this age of Employee Empowerment and accountability, did any of the airline staff…

A tall, blond man enters the store. Besides the two women at the end of the aisle, he is the only customer. He wears sunglasses, a blue-checkered shirt, worn jeans and lemon green sport shoes. You look around and signal your colleagues, crossing your fingers and discretely pointing to the man: ‘Could this be him?’ You approach him like you…